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How Important Is Breakfast, Really?F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE DISCLOSURES April 24, 2019play00:00/03:40MFSWelcome to Impact Factor, your weekly bite of commentary on a breaking medical study. I'm Perry Wilson.This week: Was your mom right all along when she told you that breakfast was the most important meal of the day? The answer to that question may appear in an article in.. more

Diabetes in Pregnancy Tied to Future Heart DiseaseRiskBy Lisa Rapaport March 28, 2019(Reuters Health) - Women with pregnancy-related diabetes are at higher risk for developing cardiovascular disease in the decade after childbirth, a research review suggests.While gestational diabetes has long been linked to an increased risk of heart disease later in life, some previous research.. more

Intermittent Fasting Plus Lower-Calorie Diet May Be BestMarlene Busko January 21, 2019.Overweight women who ate a lower-calorie diet and fasted 3 days a week lost more weight and had better cardiometabolic markers than women who only reduced their calorie intake, or only fasted, or did neither in a small, 8-week randomized trial."Obese women who followed a diet in which they ate.. more

US Lawmakers Hone in on PBM Role in Insulin PricesKerry Dooley Young April 03, 2019US lawmakers are focusing on the role that pharmaceutical middlemen may play in the rising cost of insulin, which is making the critical drug unaffordable for many people with diabetes.Influential members of Congress from both parties say they will work together to try to put insulin within financial.. more

Many conditions that are considered qualifying conditions for cannabis use under state laws have no or insufficient evidence of efficacy, and some have evidence of inefficacy, according to an analysis published online February 4 in Health Affairs.Such conditions include dementia, glaucoma, hepatitis C, cachexia, irritable bowel disease, and numerous others, write Kevin F. Boehnke, PhD, a research.. more